Owen Sound Sun Times

Regional unemployment ticks up close to five per cent in January

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The region’s unemployment rate nearly reached five per cent in January. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board reported this past Friday that unemployment in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic area increased by 0.9 percentage points to 4.9 per cent last month. The regional unemployment rate still remains significantly lower than the rest of Ontario, which […]

Climate change Michigan Public

Michigan could make six invasive plant species illegal, including a few popular flowering plants

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The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) could prohibit or restrict several invasive plant species, the popular landscaping Callery pear tree and Japanese barberry shrub among them. The public can submit feedback on the fate of these flowering plants and the other proposed species in a survey created by the department.